Jun 01 2017
Salon - Here’s how much economic damage President Trump’s alleged corruption could be doing
Democrats in the Joint Economic Committee say that Trump is “likely doing economic harm” by “flaunting the laws and conventions of good governance that made the United States a cornerstone of the global economy” in a staff report. The report, called “The Costs of Corruption to the American Economy,” includes as specific examples the president implementing policies that specifically help his business interests (such as rolling back Clean Water Act protections), regularly visitinghis commercial real estate properties and clubs in ways that give them publicity and thus increase their revenue and being awarded Chinese trademarks at the same time that he began to honor the “One China” policy.